Practising for Christmas

Practising for Christmas by Rachael Richey – Romance 2018

Richey lives in Cornwall, England and writes accordingly with settings in England and words and phrases Americans aren’t used to, but it’s the real deal and will add words like Wellies, snogging, gobsmacked, and skives to your vocabulary along with a few strange spellings.

Olivia has invited two other couples to her aunt’s cottage for Christmas only she found her boyfriend, Chris, snogging another woman at a party just days earlier and broke up with him. While walking on the beach, she discovers a man who slipped on the rocks and hit his head. She takes him home to the cottage. He just found his girlfriend, Naomi, in bed with his best friend at his house not far away. That gives them a common experience.

They tell each other about themselves, joke about him being a serial killer, and he sleeps on the couch to make sure he doesn’t have a concussion. When the others arrive, Sarah is catty and claims she didn’t think Chris was real since Olivia never has a boyfriend for long. Adam claims to be Chris so her friends don’t feel sorry for her.

Olivia and Adam get along well together and appear to be the perfect pair as they practise being in love. As they develop feelings, are they real or pretend? Then problems arise as her best friend Jess wants to know the truth and Naomi shows up looking for Adam.

Richey develops the characters and uses humor to move the story along. She adds plenty of action toward the end.

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